Multi-line node with height only dependent on number of lines

Asked Feb 09 '17 at 23:36

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I want the height of a multi-line TikZ node to depend only on the number of lines it contains, not on whether the text on the first and last line is aaa or aAq (the famous height and depth problem).

I tried adding \strut (or \vphantom{Aq}) before and after the node text to ensure the first and last line have the full height, but this doesn't work well if the node text starts/ends with an empty line or a list environment and probably other things. Fixing the node height as proposed for many similar questions here doesn't work either because I don't know how many lines there will be.

So, how do I achieve this?

asked Feb 09 '17 at 23:36

gTcV

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Try text depth=.2em.... – Paul Gaborit Feb 09 '17 at 23:53
This only works for the depth part of the problem, not the height. Also, is there some sort of convention that the text depth is always 0.2em? – gTcV Feb 09 '17 at 23:58
You can't find a solution for all cases! It depends of the content (see for example Minipage Height as an Argument or How to keep a constant baselineskip when using minipages (or \parboxes)?). – Paul Gaborit Feb 10 '17 at 01:00
Is there no way how I could tell the strut to never ever be in a paragraph on its own, independent of what follows/precedes it? – gTcV Feb 10 '17 at 01:14
Ask a similar question in the context of TeX boxes. If someone find a solution, you have your answer in the context of TikZ nodes. – Paul Gaborit Feb 10 '17 at 01:20

Multi-line node with height only dependent on number of lines

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